Tag: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
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01 Work, The Art of War, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps’ Ottoman horsemen crossing the ford, with footnotes
Estimated for 250000 – 350000 EUR in Dec 2023 Among the standards and crescent and ponytail banners, a squad of horsemen crosses a river ford. The Seraskier (leader of the troop) is helped by two arnauts (Albanian unit), in the water at waist height, while the Arab and Circassian horsemen (helmet topped with a spearhead)…
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17 Works, Today, March 3rd. is artist Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #062
Decamps was born in Paris. In his youth he travelled in the East, and reproduced Oriental life and scenery with a bold fidelity to nature that puzzled conventional critics. His powers, however, soon came to be recognized, and he was ranked along with Delacroix and Ingres as one of the leaders of the French school.…
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17 Works, Today, March 3rd. is artist Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #062
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (March 3, 1803 — August 22, 1860) was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works… Please follow link for full post
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